Stephan Rudolph graduated in 1990 with a German Diploma of Aerospace Engineering from the University of Stuttgart, including studies and thesis work abroad at a French Aerospace Grande Ecole (ENSICA) in Toulouse, France, as well as at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA. After obtaining his PhD from Stuttgart University in 1995 on Design Evaluation he was a PostDoc in the Systems and Design Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). German Habilitation in the area of Design Methodology at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Geodesy in 2001. The publication record consists of more than 100 entries (conference and journal papers and book chapters). Stephan’s research interests include the search for a unified theory of design and design methods, applications of similarity theory to design synthesis and analysis and design evaluation methods as well as development of graph-based design languages for the computer-assisted exploration of design in the context of engineering complex and multi-disciplinary systems such as satellites, cars and aircrafts. Stephan heads currently a group and teaches courses on programming, algorithms and data structures, including topics from artificial intelligence such as knowledge representation and knowledge processing and applications of these methods to digital engineering.  

 

Notes: The seminar is related to the International Collaboration Innovation Team Project of Tsinghua University(清华大学重点学科高水平国际合作穿新团队支持项目)